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Research on Ubiquitous Telepresence
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<h3 align=center> UT Project Statement </h3>
<p>The main idea of ubiquitous
telepresence (<b>UT</b>) is to allow users to project their physical presence
anywhere on the internet.  Specifically, users are given the ability
to explore and interact with many remote physical environments (e.g.,
all sites on the internet) through remote sensing and manipulation
devices.  The plan for implementing ubiquitous telepresence is to
build robotic or remote-controlled units (which we have called
``<b>ubots</b>'') at such low cost that they become as ubiquitous as
television sets.
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<h3 align=center>UT Project Participants</h3>
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<!WA0><a href="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~doherty/Home.html"> Michael Doherty</a>,
Matthew Greene,
<!WA1><a href="http://www.dmk.com/dmk/"> David Keaton</a>,
<!WA2><a href="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~carlosm/Home.html"> Carlos Maltzahn</a>,
Christian Och,
Matthew Seidl<br>
<!WA3><a href="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~waite">William Waite</a> (PI),
<!WA4><a href="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~zorn">Benjamin Zorn</a> (PI)<br>
Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado

<h3 align=center> Former Participants</h3>
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Jeanine Cook,
<!WA5><a href="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~jcook/Home.html"> Jonathan Cook</a>
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<h3 align=center>UT Group Publications</h3>
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<ul>
    <li> <!WA6><a href="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~zorn/ut/pubs/vision.ps"> 
	"Ubiquitous Telepresence" by Benjamin G. Zorn. </a>
	Draft of 3/18/96.  This document is a work in progress---all
	comments are very welcome.
	(<!WA7><a href="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~zorn/ut/vision/vision.html"> HTML version here</a>)
</ul>
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<h3 align=center>UT Research Group</h3>
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<ul>
    <li> The Research Group meets each <b> Wednesday </b> from <b> 3-4pm </b> in
	<b> ECOT 831</b>.

    <li> <!WA8><a href="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~zorn/ut/notes/3-13.html">
	 Notes from our meeting of 3/13/96 </a>

    <li> Reading Group Materials
    <ul>
    <li> <!WA9><a href="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~zorn/ut/announcement.html"> Announcement </a>
    <li> <!WA10><a href="http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~paulos/papers/www4/">
	"A World Wide Web Telerobotic Remote Environment Browser",
	by Paulos and Canny
	</a> <br>
    <li> "Computer-controlled devices reach the Internet",
	by Ronald J. Vetter, <em>IEEE Computer</em>, pages 66-67,
	December 1995.
    <li> "sniffle: A Simple Networked Interface to the Full Functionality
	of Laboratory Equipment", by Terrence Kelly,
	<!WA11><a href="http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~tpkelly/sniffle/">
	http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~tpkelly/sniffle/ </a>,
	September 1995.
    <li> Mark Weiser,
	<!WA12><a href="http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiCACM.html">
	"Some Computer Science Problems in Ubiquitous
	Computing</a>," Communications
     	of the ACM, July 1993.
	(reprinted as "Ubiquitous Computing". Nikkei Electronics; December 6,
     	1993; pp. 137-143.)
	(Reading for 2/14/96)
    <li>  A.E. Kaplan, S. Keshav, N.L. Schryer and J.H. Venutolo,
	<!WA13><a href="http://netlib.att.com/netlib/att/cs/doc/95/5-02.ps.Z">
	"An Internet Accessible
     	Telepresence</a>",
	Submitted to Multimedia Systems Journal, May 1995.
    <li>  Ken Goldberg, Michael Mascha, Steven Gentner,
	Juergen Tossman, Nick Rothenberg, Carl Sutter, and
	Jeff Wiegley
	<!WA14><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/raiders/paper/">
	Beyond the Web: Excavating the Real World Via Mosaic</a>",
	Second International WWW Conference, Chicago, IL, Oct 17-21, 1994.
   </ul>
</ul>
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<h3 align=center> Links to Related Pages </h3>

<p>
<b> Existing Ubiquitous Telepresence Projects</b>

<ul>
    <li> <!WA15><a href="http://netlib.att.com/csrc/car.html">
	Dial-a-ride on the Internet </a> by
	<!WA16><a href="http://plan9.att.com/netlib/att/cs/home/kaplan.html">
	Alan Kaplan</a>,
	<!WA17><a href="http://netlib.att.com/csrc/keshav.html">
	S. Keshav</a>,
	<!WA18><a href="http://netlib.att.com/csrc/schryer.html">
	Norm Schryer</a>,
	and
	<!WA19><a href="http://netlib.att.com/csrc/venutolo.html">
	John Venutolo</a>.

    <li> <!WA20><a href="http://www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/vs/rover/rover.html">
        The TNS Video Rover </a> by
	<!WA21><a href="http://www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/~vanu/home.html">
	Vanu Bose
	</a>
	of the
	<!WA22><a href="http://www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/">
	Telemedia, Networks, and Systems Group (MIT) </a>

    <li> <!WA23><a href="http://vive.cs.berkeley.edu/blimp/">
	The Web Blimp </a> by
        <!WA24><a href="http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/~paulos/research.html">
	Eric Paulos </a>
	and
	 <!WA25><a href="http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~jfc/">
	John Canny </a>
	(UC Berkeley)

    <li> <!WA26><a href="http://vive.cs.berkeley.edu/capek/">
	Mechanical Gaze </a> by
        <!WA27><a href="http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/~paulos/research.html">
	Eric Paulos </a>
	and
	 <!WA28><a href="http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~jfc/">
	John Canny </a>
	(UC Berkeley)

    <li> <!WA29><a href="http://www.uky.edu/Artsource/kac/kac.html">
	The Ornitorrinco Project</a> by
	<!WA30><a href="http://www.uky.edu/FineArts/Art/kac/kachome.html">
	Eduardo Kac</a> (University of Kentucky)
	and
	<!WA31><a href="http://www.uky.edu/Artsource/kac/bennettbio.html">
	Ed Bennett</a> (Art Institute of Chicago)

    <li> <!WA32><a href="http://www.quadrant.net/interface">
	The iNTERFACE Project: another ubot </a> by
	 <!WA33><a href="http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab004/home/">
	Garnet Hertz</a>

    <li> <!WA34><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/garden">
	The WWW Tele-Garden </a> by
	 <!WA35><a href="http://queue.Berkeley.EDU/~goldberg/"> 
	Ken Goldberg</a> (USC, UC Berkeley) and
	 <!WA36><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~joesant/">
	Joseph Santarromana</a> (UC Irvine)

    <li> <!WA37><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/raiders">
	The Mercury Project: Robotic Tele-excavation </a> by
	 <!WA38><a href="http://queue.Berkeley.EDU/~goldberg/">
	Ken Goldberg</a> (USC, UC Berkeley) and
	 <!WA39><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/v-lib/mascha.html">
	Michael Mascha</a> (USC)


    <li> <!WA40><a href="http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~tpkelly/sniffle/">
	Sniffle Project at Princeton </a> by
	<!WA41><a href="http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~tpkelly">
	Terrence Kelly </a>

    <li> <!WA42><a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/Web/People/Xavier/">
	Xavier: an internet mobile robot with a camera</a>
	by the Learning Robot Lab at CMU

    <li> <!WA43><a href="http://www.hiof.no/ludvigsen/webdoc/video.html#pt">
	A remote controlled camera on the Web (from Norway) </a>

    <li> <!WA44><a href="http://telerobot.mech.uwa.edu.au/">
	The University of Western Australia TELEROBOT </a>

    <li> <!WA45><a href="http://webcam.engsoc.carleton.ca/">
	A Web Controlled Camera at Carleton University </a>

    <li> <!WA46><a href="http://www.xcf.berkeley.edu/members.html">
	Other UT-related Projects at Berkeley</a> (XCF Group)
</ul>

<p>
<b> Indices of Mechanical Devices on the Web</b>
<ul>

    <li> <!WA47><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/Interesting_Devices_Connected_to_the_Net/">
	Yahoo's List of Interesting Devices Connected to the Net </a>

    <li> <!WA48><a href="http://www.pointcom.com/gifs/reviews/inwg.htm">
	Web Gadgets and Oddities (reviews from pointcom.com) </a>

    <li> <!WA49><a href="http://www.dsu.edu/~anderbea/machines.html">
	Anthony Anderberg's List of of Internet Accessible Machines </a>

    <li> <!WA50><a href="http://marconi.w8upd.uakron.edu/users/search/interact.html">
	Rick Search's Thingy's on the Net </a>

    <li> <!WA51><a href="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~doherty/utp-links.html">
	Mike Doherty's Collection </a>
 
</ul>

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<b>Courses on Telepresence/Ubiquitous Computing</b>
<ul>
    <li> <!WA52><a href="http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/eve/vrtp.html">
	Ben Shneiderman's course on ``Virtual Reality and Telepresence''
	(Univ. of Maryland)</a>
</ul>

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<b>Telepresence and Ubiquitous Computing Research Groups</b>
<ul>
    <li><!WA53><a href="http://www.cs.unc.edu/~mcmillan/telep.html">
	Telepresence Research Group at UNC
	</a> 
	(<!WA54><a href="http://www.cs.unc.edu/~gb/">
	Gary Bishop)
	</a>)
    <li> <!WA55><a href="http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiHome.html">
	Ubiquitous Computing
	</a>
	(<!WA56><a href="http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/weiser.html">
	Mark Weiser
	</a>)
    <li> <!WA57><a href="http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/tp/tphp.html">
	Ontario Telepresence Project
	</a>
    <li> <!WA58><a href="http://www.system-concepts.com/people/dt.bookmark.html">
	Media Spaces and UbiComp (links to other related pages)
	</a>
</ul>

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<b>Telerobotics</b>
<ul>
    <li> <!WA59><a href="http://ranier.oact.hq.nasa.gov/telerobotics_page/telerobotics.html">
	NASA's Space Telerobotics Home Page
	</a>
    <li> <!WA60><a href="http://www.mcs.anl.gov/home/jebb/telerobot/telepaper.html">
	Telerobotics, Teleoperation, and Telepresence Research
	(compiled by Michael E. Jebb)
	</a>
  
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<b>Information Technology Standards</b>
<ul>
    <li> <!WA61><a href="http://www.ansi.org/iisp/iisphome.html">
	 Information Infrastructure Standards Panel </a>
</ul>

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<b>Video on the WWW</b>
<ul>
    <li> <!WA62><a href="http://choices.cs.uiuc.edu/Vosaic/Vosaic.html">
	 The Vosaic System (System Research Group, Dept of CS, UIUC) </a>

    <li> <!WA63><a href="http://www.nethomes.com/InterCam/index.html">
	 Perceptual Robotics, Inc. (ubiquitous vision) </a>

    <li> <!WA64><a href="http://www.connectix.com/">
	 Connectix Home Page</a> /
	<!WA65><a href="http://www.netsmart.com/quickcam">
	 Quickcam Developers Program</a> /
	<!WA66><a href="http://www.connectix.com/connectix/vpdataw.html">
	 Connectix Video Phone </a> 
</ul>



<p>
<b>Inexpensive Robot Kits</b>
<ul>
    <li> <!WA67><a href="http://www.robix.com/">
	Robix RCS-6 Robot Construction Kit
	</a>
</ul>

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<b>Embedded Systems</b>
<ul>
    <li> <!WA68><a href="http://pc104.com/">
	Information on PC/104 (and other systems) 
	</a>
</ul>

<p>
<b>Digital Video Manipulation and Image Processing</b>
<ul>
    <li> <!WA69><a href="http://www.frostbyte.com/jem/products/vr/vr.html">
	DPS Personal Animation Recorder DR-2100
	</a>

    <li> <!WA70><a href="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/robotics-faq/part4/faq.html">
	Cognex Corporation Vision System
	</a>

    <li> <!WA71><a href="http://www.cs.uregina.ca/links/faq/news.answers/medical-image-faq/volume-visualization">
	VIDX Scan Imaging Software by Evex Analytical Instruments
	</a>
    <li> <!WA72><a href="http://www.khoros.unm.edu/">
	Khoros Software Development Environment
	</a>
    <li> <!WA73><a href="http://pid.da.op.dlr.de/ISIS/info-board/ima-proc-menu.html">
	ISIS - Infoboard (Image Processing Tools)
	</a>
   <li> <!WA74><a href=" http://www5conf.inria.fr/fich_html/papers/P48/Overview.html">
"Reducing WWW Latency and Bandwidth
Requirements by Real-Time Distillation"
	</a>
by
Armando Fox and Eric A. Brewer
(University of California, Berkeley)
<em>Fifth International World Wide Web Conference</em>, May 6-10, 1996, Paris, France.



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